[matthewmacleod]

I have no doubt that there are huge numbers of issues with many large-scale IT projects, but this sort of cynical and hyperbolic armchair analysis makes it even harder to have rational conversations that help prevent systems failures in the future.

Consider reading the actual initial Nats report https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/NERL%20Major%20Incident... – this provides a bunch of interesting analysis and technical information.

I'm sorry for being mean about it, but it's a personal bugbear of mine when complex systems failures are boiled down to lazy analysis.